Phil Robertson Leaves An Eternity-Focused Legacy That Will Last Well Beyond Duck Dynasty’s Fame
By: Jordan Boyd
Around the time Duck Dynasty cemented itself as a fan favorite, just a year after its cable TV debut in 2012, late Duck Commander Founder and Robertson family patriarch Phil Robertson told interviewers that his family’s goal was to “infuse a little good into the American culture.”
“Love God, love your neighbor, hunt ducks. Raise your kids, make them behave, love them,” Robertson continued. “I don’t see the downside to that.”
More than a decade later, the “Happy, Happy, Happy” 79-year-old was called to heavenly home, just six months after his family announced he was in the “early stages” of Alzheimer’s disease.
Robertson was always much more than a promising football star who prefaced the great Terry Bradshaw, a Christian camp director, a skilled hunter, patriarch of one of Louisiana’s most famous families, founder of the nation’s most recognizable duck call company, and a reality TV star. That’s because long before Robertson and his family captured viewers’ attention on their hit A&E show, Christ captured Robertson’s heart and changed his life in radical and seemingly impossible ways.